The trend toward transparency holds great promise for improving the state of the world. Transparency can contribute to efficient and effective fovernance by providing feedback channels, enabling officials and citizens alike to evaluate policies and adjust them accordingly. It provides a means of detecting, and thus correcting, errors in the policies of governmental and inter-governmental institutions -errors that in the era of global integration can wreack havoc on bystanders if left uncorrected.

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